pull an avenue address over v. phr.— «“Pulling an avenue address over” is the topographical parlance for denying that your building’s real entrance is on, say, East Seventy-sixth Street.» —“On The Avenue” by Ben...
pull leather v. phr.— «But Molinas was assassinated in Los Angeles in 1975, three months after I had lunch with him at the Playboy Club. As they say in Texas, Molinas “pulled leather on the mob” in Vegas by refusing to pay his...
kiss-and-ride n.— «At the terminal building, the wife and husband pull into a special place to park long enough to discuss last minute family matters…and for that parting kiss! This husbad is the “Kiss-and_Ride”...
guitar pull n.— «There’s a scene in Heartworn Highways, the late Jim Szalapski’s 1975 documentary on singer/songwriters, that takes place around Guy Clark’s kitchen table on Christmas Eve. It’s a “guitar pull”—a term used to...
convivium n.— «Miami and Tallahassee have chapters, which the Slow Food folk refer to as conviviums. I guess it is slower and more impressive to say than “chapter.” And the plural “convivia” clearly has more cachet...
gaunch n.— «“Didja see the way I incapacitated him with my monkish gaunch pull?” cried Dingbat excitedly. There was a pause. “Uh, Dingbat, he’s not wearing a gaunch.”» —“Humorous Story (Part Two)” by...